Fox of France

"My respected Majesty, you must maintain a high degree of vigilance against the Marquis of Lafayette. Of course, what the Marquis of Lafayette said has some truth, and it can even be said that, on the whole, what he said is acceptable It is called an unassailable truth.

But, my lord, you need to know that to deceive people, the truth is much better than lies. Many times, people who are naturally intelligent, like you, Her Majesty the Queen, can always see through those lies at a glance. But the truth is different, as long as it is properly emphasized and implied, the truth is often more deceptive than a lie. Lafayette is such a fake Caesar who is good at using the truth to deceive people.

'Times have changed' and 'a constitutional monarchy is the future' is absolutely true. But the most crucial point, Lafayette probably didn't mention it to you. That is: Who is the constitutional monarchy under the auspices of the constitutional monarchy!

In today's constitutional monarchy, IMHO, the king is just a hostage, he doesn't get real, universal respect. I think Your Majesty must have noticed the various newspapers in Paris, some of which are radical newspapers, such as "Friends of the People" and the like, all claiming to establish a republic and to completely end the rule of the Bourbon dynasty over France. Make France a republic. And this theory has many supporters in parliament. Some people who were originally moderate also tended to fall towards them. This is a very scary thing.

Why do these people make such choices? The reason is simple, that is, those thugs have shown their power, people know they have power, and they know they are willing to use their power. But my lord, our king, because of his generosity, has never been willing to use his power, or even to display his own.

If a king, although wearing a crown, is unwilling to display his power, what is the awe of a crown? Your Majesty, in many cases, the effect of being unwilling to show strength is almost the same as having no strength.

In addition, on a certain point, Lafayette is right, that is, the current royal party is not reliable. Forgive me, my lord, as it says in "Macbeth": 'The closer a person is to our blood, the more he wants to drink our blood. ’ You must be vigilant against them—even if they are your relatives.

But my lord, on this issue, Lafayette still used his usual means. He tells you the truth, but he never tells you the whole truth. Facts are quite different from total facts. The royal party is completely different from those republican rebels in one point, that is, the royal party must rely on the king. For them, the king has natural authority. They may plot against the king through various schemes, or even kill people with swords, but they have no way to fight the king directly. The king was their natural leader, whether some of them wanted to or not.

As for Lafayette, my wise Majesty, I call him the 'false Caesar' because Lafayette pretended to be in command of the army, dressed himself up to be like Caesar, and with a single sentence The appearance of being able to command thousands of troops. In fact, Lafayette's control over the army is completely incomparable with the real Caesar.

The real Caesar has a legion that has been fighting under him for a long time in his hands, and all aspects of this legion, including logistics, including the selection and promotion of officers, are all decided by Caesar. So Caesar could easily drive them to do anything, including marching on Rome. But Lafayette does not have such an army in his hands, he only has the so-called 'prestige'. And how can this 'prestige' compare with the orthodox status of His Majesty the King? Now he can control the situation, in fact, not relying on his own strength, but the orthodox identity of His Majesty the King. Only when His Majesty the King is under his control can he thereby control the armies of France.

Today, this 'fake Caesar' is 'reforming' the army. Sire, this is exactly what Lafayette intends to do to remedy his weakness. If he can control His Majesty for a long time, then maybe there will be a day when he can truly control the army. At that time, the false Caesar can become the real Caesar. Perhaps Lafayette did sincerely hope to realize a constitutional monarchy, but the constitutional monarchy realized under such circumstances is a constitutional monarchy that is extremely unfavorable to His Majesty the King. Because the continuation of any contract depends on the mutual awe of both parties. Parliament has shown its strength, and the king has never shown any strength. In such a contract, the parliament has become the party bestowed from above, and the king has almost become a beggar. Such a constitutional system cannot last. There will always be people in the parliament who try to use more extreme methods to attract attention, and insulting the king will become their best way of grandstanding. If this goes on, eventually, they will ask: 'Why do we need a king? '

But the British constitutional monarchy is not like this. The British royal family has demonstrated its strength in many ways. Both the parliament and the king respect each other's strength, and thus respect each other's interests. This is a stable, reliable constitutional monarchy.

My lord, with regard to your inquiry as to how the royal family should respond to the situation, your humble subjects have the following advice.

First of all, you and His Majesty the King must pretend to have great trust in Lafayette, and show respect to the Parliament in order to paralyze them. On the other hand, you must let His Majesty the King understand how dangerous the current situation is. He has to do something.

The minister thought that staying in Paris would not be of any benefit to the king or the entire royal family. Therefore, as soon as the opportunity arises, the king should leave Paris immediately and go to other safer places. Weichen believes that such a place should have the following characteristics.

First, this place should generally support the royal family and support orthodoxy.

Second, the place should be far from the border. This is due to several considerations. First of all, this is to show the people of the country that the king is not in collusion with foreign powers like those hooligans in the "Friends of the People" and other dirty tabloids say; second, this is also to avoid some people who are not really loyal to the king, Instead, the careerists who have infiltrated the royal party and tried to use foreign power to seek more benefits for themselves took the opportunity to seek benefits.

Taking these considerations into consideration, I personally think that Lyon will be the most suitable location.

your faithful servant

Honoré Gabriel Rickety"

Honoré Gabriel Rickety is the speaker of the National Assembly, a staunch revolutionary, and one of the leaders of the French Revolution, the famous Marquis of Mirabeau. He has always been regarded as the most determined and radical revolutionary. Therefore, if his letter to Queen Marie Antoinette is seen by others, it will definitely cause an uproar. In fact, in the original history, after Mirabeau's death, because of his contribution to the revolution, his body was honored to be buried in the Pantheon. However, soon after, the king was arrested, and the correspondence between Mirabeau and the queen was found in the palace, only to find that Mirabeau had defected to the royal family. Then the angry crowd pulled his body out of the Pantheon and threw it into the garbage dump. (Of course, this person who, like Louis XIV, believed in "after my death, don't care about the flood", shouldn't care about these things.)

Mirabeau lived a luxurious life and had a lot of mistresses around him, so his expenses were always very high. Normal, legitimate income is not enough to support his life like this. Since Lafayette exiled his good friend (good purse) the Duke of Orleans from France, Mirabeau's life has become increasingly difficult, and it is said that he has once again been raised by the Jews.

After being taken into Paris by the National Guard, the king and queen, who almost became prisoners of Paris, urgently need someone who has influence in the parliament and can speak for them. At this time, a scholar and biologist who had contacts with the court, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, recommended his friend Mirabeau to the queen.

Lamarck was one of the earliest proposers of the theory of evolution. In the original history, he published "Philosophy of Zoology" in 1809, and proposed Lamarck's theory of evolution. In the same year, another standard-bearer of the theory of evolution, Charles Robert Darwin, was born in England. The two principles of Lamarck's theory of evolution, that is, use or lose and acquired inheritance, have basically been denied by later research, but his academic contributions are still indelible.

Under the guidance of Lamarque, Mirabeau, who was on the verge of bankruptcy again, quietly contacted the queen. In fact, as early as last July, after the fall of the Bastille, Mirabeau tried to communicate with the queen. But the queen at that time didn't even look down on a libertine like Mirabeau. She dismisses his offer with as much nonchalance as if he were just a nasty fly.

But now, to buy this person, the price needed to spend is much higher. It is said that the queen prepared four checks with a face value of 250,000 livres for Mirabeau before she obtained Mirabeau's help. It was also under Mirabeau's secret promotion that the king's family was able to move from the Tuileries Palace, which was closer to the city center and thus more difficult to escape, to the San Carlo Palace, which was easier to escape.

"Honey, do you think Mirabeau's statement is correct?" Queen Mary asked. But the man she calls "dear" is not King Louis XVI, but another Swede named Axeld Faison. He is the son of a respectable member of the Swedish House of Nobles, and the secret lover and true confidant of Queen Mary.

"Mirabeau is a very talented and cunning person." Feisen sighed, "But because of this, I don't know if we can trust him."

Queen Mary nodded: "You're right. Lafayette doesn't have any loyalty to the king, but at least he's a man with ideals and a bottom line. But Mirabeau, he deserves to go to hell." Bad Seed! It's really hard for me to trust him. And if it wasn't for them..."

Feisen sighed, he knew that neither he nor the queen could match the old fox Mirabeau intellectually. Moreover, the queen is still brooding over the fact that Mirabeau took the lead in the rebellion. Although everyone knows that now is not the time to pursue such matters, but the resentment in my heart is still difficult to calm down.